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Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and WorksRelease 119-73

§621 Definitions

Title 40 › Subtitle SUBTITLE I— - FEDERAL PROPERTY AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES › Chapter CHAPTER 5— - PROPERTY MANAGEMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VII— - PROPERTY MANAGEMENT › § 621

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Defines terms used for federal real property. Administrator = head of GSA; Council = Federal Real Property Council; Director = head of OMB; Federal agency = executive department, independent agency, or government‑owned corporation (not USPS); Field office = non‑headquarters office; Postal property = owned or leased by USPS; Public‑private partnership = an agency deal with outside partners to fund, build, run, or maintain; Underutilized property = used sometimes or partly for agency programs.

Full Legal Text

Title 40, §621

Public Buildings, Property, and Works — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

In this subchapter:
(1)The term “Administrator” means the Administrator of General Services.
(2)The term “Council” means the Federal Real Property Council established by section 623(a).
(3)The term “Director” means the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
(4)The term “Federal agency” means—
(A)an executive department or independent establishment in the executive branch of the Government; or
(B)a wholly owned Government corporation (other than the United States Postal Service).
(5)The term “field office” means any office of a Federal agency that is not the headquarters office location for the Federal agency.
(6)The term “postal property” means any property owned or leased by the United States Postal Service.
(7)The term “public-private partnership” means any partnership or working relationship between a Federal agency and a corporation, individual, or nonprofit organization for the purpose of financing, constructing, operating, managing, or maintaining one or more Federal real property assets.
(8)The term “underutilized property” means a portion or the entirety of any real property, including any improvements, that is used—
(A)irregularly or intermittently by the accountable Federal agency for program purposes of the Federal agency; or
(B)for program purposes that can be satisfied only with a portion of the property.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Purpose Pub. L. 114–318, § 2, Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1608, provided that: “The purpose of this Act [see section 1 of Pub. L. 114–318, set out as a

Short Title

of 2016 Amendment note under section 101 of this title] is to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the Federal Government in managing property of the Federal Government by— “(1) requiring the United States Postal Service to take appropriate measures to better manage and account for property; “(2) providing for increased collocation with Postal Service facilities and guidance on Postal Service leasing practices; and “(3) establishing a Federal Real Property Council to develop guidance on and ensure the implementation of strategies for better managing Federal property.”

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

40 U.S.C. § 621

Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and Works

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73